name given to the half-ryal, a piece worth (in reign of Edward IV) 5s. Obs.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > crown or five shillings (11) halfpenny of gold1463 name given to the half-ryal, a piece worth (in reign of Edward IV) 5s. Obs. crown1526 Any of various coins, originally one bearing the imprint of a crown. A British or English coin (latterly silver) with a face value of five shillings… crown piece1613 A coin worth a crown. decus1688 A crown-piece. British-crown1695 a small British gold coin (originally valued at five shillings) minted during the reign of Charles I; cf. Britain crown n. at Britain, n.2 2. bull's-eye1699 slang. A crown-piece. (Cf. bull, n.1 7.) petition crown1745 a trial piece for a five-shilling coin engraved by Thomas Simon as part of a contest between himself and the Roettiers brothers to decide who would… Britain crown1793 attributive. Of or relating to Great Britain, British. Now only in Britain crown n. now historical a gold coin of the reign of James I & VI… bull1819 slang. A crown piece. (cf. bull's-eye, n. 11.) caser1825 In Australia and Britain: a crown, five shillings. Also in half-a-caser. Now historical. Oxford scholar1937 a dollar (in early use, a crown, five shillings; cf. dollar, n. 4b). |
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